With the recent announcement that Lord & Taylor's New York City flagship store on Fifth Avenue would be closing, WindowsWear has preserved this iconic New York City institution through digitized archives consisting of over 12,000 images of Lord & Taylor's window displays, dating back to 1931. Lord & Taylor's Fifth Avenue store opened in 1914 and was the first to create Christmas displays for entertainment, rather than selling merchandise. They also pioneered the animated window display in 1938. The displays were constructed in the basement of the store on elevator hydraulics and raised to ground level to be revealed. Lord & Taylor is the only store in the world which uses this unique system to this day.

On Tuesday, December 5 to Thursday, December 8, 2017, WindowsWear co-hosted Shop! Market Week in New York City with Shop! Association. WindowsWear was front row in all the action! From hosting events to attending and supporting fellow industry members, here are some of the highlights from Shop! Market Week 2017.

New York City is the world’s fashion capital and is where brands come to life in the most exciting retail environments. Designers invest thousands of hours creating and producing one-of-a-kind, artistic, and compelling visual displays every year. Season after season, these important displays of fashion and art attract millions of tourists, celebrities, fashion-elite, and influencers from around the world.

On September 25 & 26, 2017, WindowsWear hosted a special WindowsWear Workshop for Grupo Boticário, which included fifty members of their design, marketing, merchandising, and architectural teams at their corporate offices in Curitiba, Brazil. O Boticário is the largest cosmetic franchise in the world, and is the second largest cosmetic company in Brazil. The company has 4,070 stores in Brazil, Portugal, Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, United States, Paraguay, Japan, France and Venezuela. WindowsWear's next Workshop will take place during Shop! Market Week in New York City, December 5 to 7, 2017.

Top fashion executives, creative directors, marketing managers, and more, have participated as guest speakers with WindowsWear's tour in New York City.

WindowsWear's real-time retail communications App transforms and revolutionizes the way retailers communicate. Using the App will instantly allow your corporate team the ability to securely communicate and receive images of all their store locations and any other selling channels like retail, wholesale, pop-up shops, events, and more.

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All other forms of communication like email, text message, and phone call are based on user-to-user, with the App the communication is based on the store or selling channel to the corporate office. Users are assigned to each store or selling channel so it's organized and structured. When a person leaves your company, all the images they take and all the knowledge they have contributed is lost. With the App, all data is stored on the cloud, so it's accessible anywhere at anytime. No more digging through emails to find old images or to communicate with your stores. The App also functions as a a) text messenger b) email service c) image library d) VOIP telephone e) VOIP group call f) VOIP video call, and you can upload any attachments like a g) Dropbox, and more. The App also has additional functionality like tasks and forms to automate and manage your workflow and your teams. The App also has a community feature for your team members to further collaborate and engage in best practices.

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The WindowsWear Museum at Berkeley College reveals the latest addition to its exhibit during a reception held at Berkeley College in Midtown Manhattan on September 29, 2017. The display is from Saks Fifth Avenue’s 2016 holiday window campaign, Land of 1000 Delights. Beverages were sponsored by Aveniu Brands.

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WindowsWear partners with NYC & Company, New York City's official tourism and marketing department, to showcase Tiffany & Co.'s window displays. In conjunction with this year's Whitney Biennial, the show's main sponsor, Tiffany & Co., commissioned five #WhitneyBiennial artists to decorate windows at its flagship Fifth Avenue store.

On the evening of February 22, 2017, 100 members and guests of the New York Chapter of the Retail Design Institute celebrated the launch of the WindowsWear Museum at Berkeley College. As the mission of the Retail Design Institute is to promote the advancement and collaborative practice of creating selling environments, the WindowsWear Museum at Berkeley College showcases and preserves the world's best fashion window displays. Berkeley College plays an integral role in the development of the museum, and students of the Fashion Merchandising and Management program significantly benefit from all the professional engagement and educational opportunities that it has to offer.

WindowsWear hosted top media reporters from two of Chile's largest TV stations Chilevisión & Mega, and two of Chile's largest newspapers El Mercurio & La Tercera to showcase New York City's top window displays all over Chile. The reporters also had exclusive interviews with some of the top window display designers in New York City.

The trip was organized by Transbank, the largest credit card processing company in Chile, which also organizes an annual holiday window display competition across the entire country of Chile, called Concurso Vitrinas Y Fachadas Navidad. The winners of this year's competition will be flown to New York City, and WindowsWear will host them for a 5-day, 4-night once-in-a-lifetime New York City experience!

Shop! Market Week Featuring Retail Design Collective & WindowsWear is a one-of-a-kind event that takes place on Monday, December 5th to Sunday, December 11th, 2016, delivering excitement, inspiration, education and networking. Visit trend-setting showrooms, flagship retail and the most stunning holiday display windows anywhere in the world! Top that with educational Workshops, Exclusive Events, Holiday Window Bus Tours, and the PAVE Gala. Don’t miss the opportunity to immerse yourself in the sensory stimulation of New York City in December.

WindowsWear hosted the exclusive, New York City launch party of the premiere of Window Warriors, a new reality-based TV show where window designers compete against each other to create the most elaborate and compelling displays. The event was sponsored by EC Studio, a luxury displays company, with complimentary drinks & hors d'oeuvres by Al Vicoletto.

Every summer, teenagers ages 12-18 from all over the United States and the world participate in a five-day FashionCampNYC where they learn how to design and market clothing. The Fashion Window Walking Tour served as a unique opportunity for these young fashion enthusiasts to learn more about NYC's most exciting fashion brands.

Window-shopping went to a whole new level in November 2012 with the launch of WindowsWear, which catalogs the current displays of 500 retailers in cities like New York, Milan and Paris.

Discover plenty of things to do over Thanksgiving weekend, whether you're in the holiday spirit, or if you're more ho-ho-oh forget it.
If you're staying here over Thanksgiving weekend, chances are you've got your folks in town. In which case, it's the perfect time to take them to the festive sightsÂ—like ice-skating rinks or holiday marketsÂ—while the city's delightfully deserted. On the other hand, if you're here and are trying your very best to avoid Christmas in New York, we've got your agenda for a cultured couple of days away from the turkeys.

Yep, itÂ’s that time of year. Time to break out your mohair jumper and glow-in-the-dark blouson. Just kidding; we donÂ’t know what the trends will be at this yearÂ’s New York Fashion Week (known officially as Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week). But we do know that from Sept. 4Â–11, 2014, the Big Apple worships at the sartorial altar. And if youÂ’re in town (and youÂ’re not a fashion editor or an Olsen twin), weÂ’ve rustled up a few ways for you to experience the city at its most stylish.

From fashion shows to fabulous parties, New York is the place to be if you want to immerse yourself in the industry. But some of the major fashion events of the year are both exclusive and expensive.

Like little theater sets or storybook vignettes, window displays can be a fashion-addled feast for the eyes when theyÂ’re done right. Now you can browse a seemingly endless array of lovely-to-look-at windows from major retailers in cities around the world on WindowWear.

WindowsWear is adding a series of workshop options for its clients.

The word Easter has its origins from Eastre, the Teutonic goddess of spring. In parts of the world, she was called Astarte, Ishtar and Mother Goddess. In addition, she was known as the fertility goddess.

WindowsWear announces the launch of WindowsWear Workshop, the first global, comprehensive visual merchandising and store design 3-day intensive workshop in the U.S. The Workshop takes place in New York City at WindowsWearÂ’s beautifully designed world headquarters located in the heart of ManhattanÂ’s most creative and artistic shopping district. It is also offered on-demand at select international locations. The 3-day course is a mix of classroom study and a Â“Retail SafariÂ”.

If a pictureÂ’s worth a thousand words, what does it take to measure the breadth of creativity behind some of the worldÂ’s most fashion-forward window displays? Thanks to the folks at WindowsWear, we have the answer.

A few weeks ago, WindowsWear, the largest fashion window & displays database in the world, hosted its 4th annual Fashion Window Display Awards celebration at 1OAK. 2015 winners represented different global fashion capitals such as Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, Barcelona, and Milan and brands such as Bergdorf Goodman, HarrodÂ’s, ValentinoÂ’s, Bottega Veneta, Giorgio Armani, and Dior Homme. Many of the executives and visual creative teams for these brands were in attendance at the celebration. Guests enjoyed cocktails, hors dÂ’oeuvres, and Baked by Melissa cupcakes. They were also able to enjoy a looped video that showcased the winners of the 2015 Fashion Window Display Awards.

Fashion retailers know that having stylish window displays are just as important as carrying good merchandise. Customers must be enticed by what they see outside the stores before they even come inside, and a captivating window display can certainly help increase brand awareness if not increase store foot traffic.

If you have ever visited New York City between Thanksgiving and the New Year, itÂ’s the window displays that capture our imaginations and beckon us inside. They range from minimalist to outrageous riots of color and movement as each store tries to outdo last yearÂ’s fantasies. ThereÂ’s even an interactive walking tour on Google Maps so you donÂ’t have to miss a thing.

H&M's regional visual merchandisers all came together and learned more about New York City's fashion industry on the Fashion Window Walking Tour

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Microsoft Corp. on Monday opens the doors to its first flagship store in the heart of Manhattan at Fifth Ave. and 53rd St. Â— the cross streets of a vibrant and historic local community and internationally recognized shopping destination. In the making for more than six years, the five-floor, 22,369 square-foot store features an assortment of best-in-class products and in-store services familiar at the companyÂ’s more than 110 retail locations, while offering new interactive experiences to allow customers to get hands-on with products in an immersive way.

As temperatures start to drop and snow begins to fall, New York City comes alive. From holiday classics to festive hidden gems, all five boroughs celebrate in their own way. Kicking it off is MacyÂ’s Thanksgiving Parade on November 26, followed by the lighting of the Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Plaza on December 2.

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WindowsWear takes pictures of the windows of fashion brands and reveals in real time those windows of major global cities through its website, but also examines the trends in these windows in order to have a look on what is best in terms of visual merchandising.
Thanks to its deep knowledge of the market and its windows of analysis work globally.
WindowsWear creates and offers digital content enjoying a rare expertise in this sector.
WindowsWear, has four services: WindowsWear.com, WindowsWear PRO, Window Fashion Walking Tour and WindowsWear Professional Fashion Retail Photography Services.

Window displays are the essential communication channel between retailers and consumers. Decades ago they used to be just dressed mannequins that represents a retailer's merchandising strategy. Today, they've become more than mannequin dressing. Creative displays are head-turners, a must-see, and a work of art.

ItÂ’s finally sweater weather here in NYC, and weÂ’re approaching that time of planning all the holiday outfits along with what weÂ’ll be purchasing as presents. I am constantly located in Midtown, which allows me to soak up inspiration from the magnificent windows on 5th Avenue (no other place can beat these windows during the holidays, am I right?).

You've walked by them, you've stopped and stared, and maybe they've lured you to come in. On November 2015, you can flip through this ode dedicated to Louis Vuitton's modern and spirited displays called Louis Vuitton Windows. It's the Louis Vuitton window installations that have set the bar high for window and store design every season. Imagine having all those beautiful and artistic photographs in your living room.

Our team was motivated to start WindowsWear.com as we see window dressing as an artistic, creative field that should be celebrated globally.

This fashion tour is great not just for fashion enthusiasts, but for anyone interested in the history of New York City or economic development. Even after going to fashion school and living in the city for almost a decade, I still learned a surprising amount!

H&M's regional directors came together from across the U.S. and learned more about New York City's fashion industry on the Fashion Window Walking Tour.

Led by Marketing Professor Nadia Shuayto, LAU students descended on New York for a weeklong course titled Â“Special Topics in Marketing." Pairing the theory of marketing with practice, the course combined classroom discussions with tailored field visits to select companies in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

As Father's day is approaching, Bloomingdale's created 6 interactive windows featuring Ralph Lauren. Passersby can select the style and color and spoil their father on that very special day.

As we make our way into the summer months, WindowsWear PRO begin to witness an influx of bright colours, transparent fabrics and nautical prints in designer collections. Following suit, the team at Browns Fashion envisioned a warm-weather-inspired, underwater realm to take over the South Molton Street window displays.

WindowsWear PRO is the world's largest fashion visual display and merchandising database used by top brands, retailers, and universities around the world to create the best window displays.

In an industry that is generally considered one of the most traditional in fashion, Kleinfeld is constantly pushing the envelope. WindowsWear had the pleasure of sitting down in the Kleinfeld studio space with creative director Jacques Vigneault and assistant creative director Billy Grijalva for an exclusive interview on the current Kleinfeld window installation.

Held in Las Vegas, GlobalShop is the world's largest annual expo and conference dedicated to retail design and marketing. Stylus is an innovation research & advisory firm, that looked at three key, emergent topics: the value of humanising brand connections, investing in experiences and key visual trends.

Bloomingdales`s windows feature 18,000+ Crayloa crayons in the form of one-of-a-kind, designer pieces. Crayons are not only used to sketch designs but are now used to actually create the apparel.

The Fashion Industry and Its Careers, 3rd Edition, offers an exploration of the fashion industry - from raw materials to marketing to the ultimate consumer - and explores fashion careers across the board. See more here.

Published by: Shubhapriya Bennur, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.In todayÂ’s textile and fashion world whether you are a small or big apparel retailer, window display is one of the most powerful armaments in the arsenal of tools you have in order to stand out from the competitors and draw foot falls into the stores.

As online retailing has gained a lot of momentum over the past 5-10 years, WindowsWear PRO has become the world's best resource for retailers and brands to create amazing visual displays as the foundation for a successful omnichannel retail strategy.

WindowsWear PRO has numerous global visual merchandising affiliations from around the world, including partnerships with universities and visual merchandising trade associations in the U.S. and across Europe.

The students from the University for the Creative Arts from the UK took a trip to New York City with their fashion management and marketing stduents, and participated in WindowsWear's Fashion Window Walking Tour as one of their top things to do.

New Yorkers on the whole are a jaded bunch. But if you suspend your cynicism, youÂ’ll remember why classic holiday activities like ice skating in the park became popular in the first place: theyÂ’re actually delightful.

Gaze into the windows of New YorkÂ’s biggest stores, and you know why the city rules the world of fashion.

Starting at New York icon Macy's in Herald Square, WindowsWear Â— a fashion-forward tour company inspired by the city's chicest window displays Â— sweeps visitors up amidst the bustle of midtown for their Fashion Window Walking Tour, a two-hour Â“walk and talkÂ” that dishes VIP hot tips about intricately decorated boutique and designer windows all year round.

Manhattan's department stores get really decked out for the holiday's with dramatic, whimsical and altogether magical window displays.

Fifth Avenue luxury retailer Bergdorf Goodman unveiled its 2014 holiday windows in an "explosive" fashion during a program filled with tons of fantasy and fun tonight in NYC. WindowsWear.com got an exclusive sneek peak with David Hoey, Senior Director of Visual Presentation of Bergdorf Goodman.

Fifth Avenue luxury retailer Bergdorf Goodman unveiled its 2014 holiday windows in an "explosive" fashion during a program filled with tons of fantasy and fun tonight in NYC. WindowsWear.com got an exclusive sneak peak with David Hoey, Senior Director of Visual Presentation of Bergdorf Goodman.

A new park in mid-Manhattan, a new major museum, new plays on Broadway, new exhibitions. Those are some of the attractions awaiting visitors to New York City this autumn.

Fashion industry events are plentiful in New York City - no matter what time of year. And this November is no exception. From museum exhibits focused on high heels to intimate shopping parties, there are a ton of fashionable events taking place in the Big Apple next month.

Icons like the Empire State building and the Rockefeller Center punctuate this mile-long stretch of flagship stores, including the 24/7 Apple showroom

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New York City is a premier luxury marketplace, providing key leadership in the design, development, marketing, branding, finance, and retailing of luxury brands (Personal Luxury, Luxury Transportation, Experiential Luxury).
The first New York City Study Tour, an important component of the Global Luxury Management program, occurred during Fall Break 2013, providing students with Â“real worldÂ” learning experiences, combined with an opportunity to meet and learn from key global luxury industry executives.

Fashion Week is here in New York again! From September 3-11, the most well known and highly esteemed fashion designers and icons from around the world will flock here to show off their Spring 2015 collections. Tickets to these red-carpet runway events are hard to come by, but have no fear! There are a multitude of Fashion Week events open to the public for little to no cost.

ItÂ’s a quiet summer afternoon in ManhattanÂ’s charming West Village neighborhood, and the camera is rolling inside Christian LouboutinÂ’s womenÂ’s boutique on Horatio Street.

If you're the type of visitor for whom New York City's most monumental attractions are not the Empire State Building and One WTC but rather Barneys, Bergdorf and Bloomingdale's, WindowsWear has the tour for you. NYC is well known as a sartorial capital, and these jaunts seek to turn tourists into experts on the five boroughs' fashion industry with glimpses at the window displays of famed fashion emporiums. The two-hour walk begins at Macy's Herald Square and then moves up along Fifth Avenue, one of the world's most famously stylish thoroughfares (it finishes just east of there at Bloomingdale's).

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Move over, Paris. Spring has officially sprung in New York City!Â”
Now that the weather is getting a bit nicer (though we still recommend packing your umbrella and raincoat just in case!), there is a lot to do in New York City this Spring. This spring the opportunities are endless, so to help narrow it down Â– hereÂ’s our Top ListÂ…..

WindowsWear announces the addition of Los Angeles to its growing list of fashion capitals, including New York, Paris, Milan, London, and Barcelona.

While we are certainly willing to endure the feeling of frozen fingers and numb noses in order to walk up and down the beautifully decorated streets of NYC, London, or Paris, we have to admit we kind of like the idea of sitting by the fire radiator with a cup of hot cider even better.